Ban imposed on export of meat, live animals

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Ban imposed on export of meat, live animals

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A ban has been on imposed on export of meat and live animals by Ministry of Commerce.

28 July,2011 07:11 pm

The ban has been imposed by Senior Minister of Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim. He has reportedly taken a serious notice of the price hike in meat and live animals. He stated that there are several other factors contributing to it, which include death of 1.5 million animals due to devastating flood of 2010 and animal smuggling to various neighboring countries. He expressed his serious concerns over a huge increase in price of mutton from Rs 271 to Rs 406 and beef from Rs 154 per kg to Rs 241 per kg from 2008-09 to 2010-11, respectively.Therefore, keeping in view the month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Azha, the minister imposed the ban for three months. He further stated that this would help in bridging the demand-supply gap and bring meat and animal prices down so that poor people can also consume them. He also stressed on controlling the smuggling of meat and animals.He stated that a number of mega projects have also been initiated in the country to increase the production of livestock under the strategy of public-private partnership, national economic growth, poverty alleviation, food decurity, improve livestock service delivery, expand opportunities for farmer livelihood, and enhance foreign exchange earnings.